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July 04, 2007
Pledge Of Allegiance History
Francis Bellamy lived in Rome, N.Y., and wrote the Pledge of Allegiance.
Click through for the history of the Pledge of Allegiance that Bellamy penned.Rome is historically significant for several other reasons. Ft. Stanwix in Rome was the first place the Stars and Stripes flew in the face of the enemy. The Battle of Oriskany, within the borders of Rome, was one of the bloodiest battles of the Revolutionary War. The first shovel of dirt for the Erie Canal, which opened travel to the West (which was Buffalo at the time), was turned in Rome (and “We’ll make Rome before 6 O’Clock, 15 Miles on the Erie Canal” was a lyric from a song we all had to sing in elementary school).
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Posted on July 4, 2007 12:42 AM by revolu813.
Filed in War Stories under revolutionary war.
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